The leaders of six major Western nations called on Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo and condemned Russia and Iran for supporting the Syrian government. "The most urgent goal remains an immediate ceasefire so that the United Nations can bring humanitarian aid...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Six people who work at the Rmeilan Oil fields in northeastern Hasaka province were killed in a roadside bomb hit their vehicle near al-Qahraniya town, regime-run news agecny said Thursday. The IED attack targeted a vehicle affiliated to al-Rmeilan Oil Field Directorate...

Ankara is doing "everything possible" to facilitate negotiations between Moscow and Syrian opposition groups to halt the bloodshed in Aleppo, Turkey's premier said in an interview published Wednesday after meeting President Vladimir Putin. "We are doing everything possible to bring about...

The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit northern Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday has doubled to at least 50, Indonesia's disaster agency said, as rescuers searched dozens of collapsed buildings for trapped survivors. Search and rescue teams used earth movers to clear rubble...